trample

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To crush and destroy something by walking on it.
  2. Verb.  (context, by extension) To treat someone harshly.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive) To walk heavily and destructively.
  4. Verb.  (context, by extension) To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
  5. Noun.  the sound of heavy footsteps.

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